Kegtoator



Aug. 14. 1928. 1,680,803

R. M. PETERSIME REGULATOR Filed Dec. 8, 1925 Patented Aug. 14, 1928.

UNITED; STATES Param formica.

,any MILLER PETERSIME, oF encierranune omo. 1'

REGULATOR.

Application filed December 8; 1925.5 Serial No.. 74,202.

of this- .character Iwhich;` will f v quickly Sand eihcientjlyumake and'break thecircuit, thus 10 eliminating'ftheformin'g ofv an fare between i the .contacts for the -fusing thereof, which,

isveryf'detrim'ental .theretof -Another object of the invention ranged member, 'thezsliding movement .of

'which '1s-,controlled by a thermostat,.andJ

the pivotal movement by. an obstruction arrangedg inthe-path of said member, :Said

member when? swung 'on 4its pivotal Econnection-being adapted to imove an arm for *il breakingandmaliing arr-electric circuit, said obstruction :being-.arranged forv suddenly swinging the'meniber onits .pivot when said' member'fis brought-into engagement therewith or'moved from engagementtherewith. v5A i'urther.objecty of'- the invention .is to provide means for. vadjusting the position of the slidably and pivota-lly arranged member with relation to the thermostat so that said member will enga-ge or disengage the ohs'tructioirat desired temperatures, vthus .effecting the making' and breaking of an electric circuit at the proper temperature.

It is also an object of the invention to :is provide a device of the above indicated character, which is simple and substantial in construction, which' can be manufactured economically, and .which will be thoroughly eflicient and practical in use.

40 lVith the foregoing and other objects in view,.which will be apparent as` the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope' of what'is claimed, without departing' from .the'spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved device,

Figure 2 is a -horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure '3 is a vertical'section taken through the contactarmeI and showing the means for making-and breaking.- .an ele etrie circuit in sectiom-,and e v l. i' FigureA fL-s. a`- .fragmentary 4elevation, and 1 section Vshowing .agslightlyf modified1 form of f my --invention.j, vi j, e Irl-canning .outmy invention, .the .Hillier-11` 10 designates -a rectangularframe, construct-v ed .with al1-attaching? plate-11 on vits g upper 3 side, 'said L attaching plateif bein-g.; provided,"` with openings f ,extending-,1 therethreughf; ier' 65 permlttlngf 'screws tO-fbe ,'passedthrough the Samei-n .order Losecure the iramelnaiaid@ ist-he provision of ag slidably and -pivotally armanlierffto--t11 ;st1uct,uethe device -isf ,t0-'beiassociated. within-Extending ,from one side ofv the- `frame 10 in. a;.horizontal-.manner is "0 au? j arm 12,; iwhichA hasattachedto its .outerextremity a contact .13,fgwhich-isadaptedto engage another contact,14 carried;bya-n;arml 15 vpivotally. connected-to the frame 10,` *as at4 1G.y The contacts 13 and ,-14 are insulated' 75 from the=arms 19, and lrespectively, asat- 17,;` and :are provided-A with .binding nuts. 18 for iattaching wires to -said contac ts. -lheg pi-votaljconnection of thefarm 15 witlijthe fra'rne 4101is constluctedby,forkingthe arm. 0 so' that the. .sidespf said fforked portionlie on `,the .sides of al lugV 19 carried byjt hc. frame 10 and the passing of a pin`20 through said forked Asidesof the arm 15 and through Sa'dilug'v'iv l Positioned in the-,frame l0 is athermostat 21, of wafer format-ion,l -said thermostat being connected to the. frame lOeby an adjusting screw 22 which passes' through4 the frame. By turning'the screw 22, the position of AVthe thermostat within the frame may-be adjusted. On -the opposite side of thethermostat is provided a screw threaded extension 23 which is threaded into one end of an adjusting collar 24, said J5 collar 24 having threaded in the opposite end thereof a pin 25, the threads in the opposite ends of the collarv 24 and on the pin 25 and extension 23 are in the opposite direction.v so that turning movement of the ,U0 collar 24 will -either move the pin 25 and extension 23 towards each other .or away from each other. The collar 24 has one end thereof 'extended through airopening 2G arra'nged'in the frame and .adjacent thesta- 105 tionary -arm 12, and has provided thereon a finger engaging disk-27 which has the periphery thereot` serrated so that the collar 25 may be easily turned or rotated.

The pin 25 has the end thereof not re- 11o block and fiattened portion, so as to piyotally connect the block to the pin 25.

From the foregoingsit-canbe seen. that when ,the thermostat enpands or contracts, da@ fo1 echange-ef temperature', that the block 30 will be slid on the upper face of' "A secured to the upperiface of th'e Stationary :am 12 by inserisci seew'se; orl the; inge, sadf 1U-siiapedfplat'ithavirrg fthe'- opposite parallel side` -pbrtin's thereof" arranged -or engaging;theloppositesids'of the block Arranged iii the' statiQnry'a-rm 12 aIrd extending; :fiiiet'hifoaglr 1S an' opening' 34C eand a pair 'of groo'fes35' provided 'in the-upper face thereof, saidv 'grooves bingf arranged at each side of the opening-34E 'The grooves' 35 are adapted treceiye-trunnions 36 carroller 37 being of sii-fiic'ientsize seas tpro'- ject slif'ghtlyl yarlifve tlie'ru'pper surface of the arm 12`.` f'I he side portions of the U-shaped plate 32 Iengageroveipthe'trunnions 36 f the roller and! ho'ldsaid trun'nion's' V36 in the grooves 35,- tl1iis-srfpporti'rig the roller 37 for rotary -rnoverrientinthe opening 34. A= leaf springI ,38 dtangled Aicinililgu'ration' has one angledflportion th'eieofsecured to the inner face; of tli`e.side"o'f zthev frfime` 10' to' which the contact arms are'1carried by means of a ScreWfBQJ-,A-Whilethe 'other angled portion theref extends through' theopenng 26 pro'- vided in the frame and has its extremity in contacting engagementwith thelnppe'r surface o' 'the slidalgly mounted block 30.l said spring beingarranged for yieldably holding the block 3() in' a downward position in engagement with-the upper face 0f the stationary arm 12. Threaded through the pivotally connected arm 15 is a Screw 40 which is arranged slightly nearer the frame 10 than the roller 37, said Apin being adjustable upon the arm 15 by turning the same and being held in an adjusted position b v means of a lock nut 4l.

On the side of the frame 10 opposite to that supporting the arr'n's'A 12 and 15 aie provided a series of terminals 42,. two of which 'are adapted to be connected Ato the contacts 13 and 14 by means of wires '43 and 44, said terminals'heig insulated from the frame by means -ofinsulation members 45. It will he notedtliatvcertain wires may be attached to the terminals 42 so to control the supply of ciirieiit-toa heater.' or lthe like. said supply of current being madeand broken by the operation of the thermostat In operation, the contacts 13 and 14 are gages lthc roller 37. which ormsanzobstrii'cf.

tion inthe path of the block 30. The hlock 30 in order Ato'rpass the roller 37 :is suddenly forced upwardly, 'swinging .thbloclr-30 oits' pivotal connection. with the .pin-25, thus causing lthe block 30.150 ciigagethe a'djiusting screw -4(l and force thepivota-l'ly connected arm 15 upwardly, separating the contact 14 from the stationary contact .13', which will break the circuit. Alfter th'efcircuit 'is brolien and the heater cut .(iff, the temperature aroin'id the thermostat .will decrease or lower. which'.will-cause :the thermostat t'o contract., drawing the yblock 30 inwardly ufntil the saine is out. of engagementwith the roller 37, which will allow the. arm 1 5 .to ret-urnto its normal positionf'With. .the` con'- tact 14 in engagement with the contact-13,

thus pcrmittiiig Vcurrent to again flow tothe-- heater. `lily turning the collar.24, the -block may be adjusted -so as to engage and disenf gage the roller 37 vat different temperatures. It is to be noted that when the block 30v is moved to engagement with the roller 37 that the sliding movement thereof-,is momentarily retarded, due to the spring 38 yieldably holdng said block downwardly in engagement with the upper face of the arin 12, and that as the heat aroiind the thermostat continues to increase, the forward pressure of the block 30A is increased until sufficient. to overcome the approximately flat engaging portion ol: lhc block with the roller so as to suddenly force the fern-'ard end of the block 3() upwardly against tension of thc spring 3S, thus providing a. structure which will quickly discngage or engage the eontacts s o as to eliminate to a grcatiextent the forming ot' an arc between said contacts which tends to destroy the faces thereof by pitt-ing the saine. y

In Figure 4 of the official drawings, I have shown a modified forni of thel invention wherein the roller 37 is elimin'atedand the obstructon for engaging the blocl=30 is provided hy eten'ding from 'the bight portion of the U-shaped plate a small'lip 47, which will serve the same purpose -as the roller. Rv constructing the obstruction as shown in this iigure. friction is increased between the same and the block 30 so asl-'to retard forward movement of the block 30110v a greater extent when brought into engagelaf'.

CJI

mentwith the obstruction, which will cause a very sudden npn-'ardmovcment of the forward.. end of the block breaking the circuit at the contacts i3 and l4. Altliough-l have shown the obstruc-v tion t7 as being formed onthe U-shaped platea-32, it is to `be understood that the obstruction may be formed in any desired manner, and may be, if found practical, formed with thestationary arm l2.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as :new is:

vLA regulator comprising astationary arm,'amovable arm, contacts -arrangedon saidnrn'is, a-.slidable nrember, means v.for

automatically :sliding :said Amember, and;

to be moved by said thermostat, and means,

arranged in the path of said movable member for moving said movable arm away'from said stationary arm for discngaging said contacts or forpermittingsaid movable arm to move towards said Stationary arm for engaging said contacts. l

3. A regulator comprising a stationary arm` a movable arm, contacts arranged upon said arms,a thermostat, a member adapted to be moved by said thermostat,rand means arranged in the path of said movable member for forcing the same into engagement with said movable arm so'as to move the same for engaging or disengaging said contacts.

.4. A regulator comprising a Stationary arm, a movable arm, contacts arranged uponf said arms, a thermostat., a member adapted 1o be moved by said thern'rosta-t, means arranged 1n the path of said movable member for forcing the .same into and ont of' engagement with said movable arm in order lo more the `same to engage or disengage said contacts, and means ior adjusting the position ot' said movable member with relation to said thermostat for controlling the making and breakingr of saidcontacts at the desired temperature around said thermostat..

5. A regulator con'rprising a stationary arm, a movable arm, contacts arranged upon said arms, a member slidably mounted upon one of said arms, and means arranged in the -path of said slidable member for forcing the same away from the arm said member is slidably mounted on and into 4enga-gement with the other arm for separating said arms and disengaging said contacts.

A regulatoicom'prising a stationary arm` a movable arm, contacts arranged on said arms, a member slidably mounted on 30, thus quickly said stationaryT arm, a thermostat arranged for sliding l said member, and means arranged upon said stationary arm and in the path, of said, slidable member for Vforcing said slidable member into and o ut of engagcf ment Vwith-said movable arm for disengaging and engaging..saiddcontacts. t l

7. A regulator comprising@ stationary arm', amovable arm, contactsarranged upon said arms, a v.nirember slidablyzmounted 'on said stationarylarm. i thermostat.attached to said member and'arrangedd foi ,1novinfl the sama-,and an obstructionarried by said stationarygarmnnd arranged in the path of movement of said l slidable Amember. for, for@ ins die een@ .inte and. .dat .O f.: :engagementwith the :mOi/able manlief for making and breaking a circuit l.through said contacts. i

- ,8. Areg ulator comprising a stationary arm, annovab'leearm, eontactsarranged upon; said arms, a member. arms andnormally engagingsaid stationary arm, a thermostat, `meanscarried.by said thermostat for pivotally connectingthe same to said member arranged-.upon said stationary arm, and 4means arranged inthe path of said member when movedgbyfsaid thermostat for forcing thexforward end thereof upwardly, and into ,engagement v with said niovablearm for foreingthe same upvvardly in order-to break ,said contacts.:v j

9, A l,reglulz'rtor comprising j stationary arm, a movable arm, contacts arranged .upon said arms, fa member arranged between said arms and normally engaging said stationaryA arm, a. thermostat, riieans carried. byfsaid thermostat for-pivotally connecting thesame to said member arranged upon Saidstationary arm, means arranged in the path of said memberavhen.movedby said thermostat for forcing the forward end thereof upwardly and into engagement Witlr said movable arm for forcing the same upwardly in order to break said cont-acts, and. spring means for norm-ally holding said movable member into engagement with said stationary arm.

l0. A regulator comprising a stationary arm` amovable arm, contacts arranged upon said arms, a thermostat, a member pivotally connected at the rear end thereof to said thermostat and arranged between said arms, the weight ot said member aiding in normally holding said member into engagement with said stationary arm,and an obstruction arranged in the pat-h ofvsaid movable member for forcing the lforward end thereof upwardly and into engagement with said movable arm for'separating said contacts.

l1. A regulator comprising a stationary arm, a movable arm,l contacts arranged on saidA arms, a thermostat, a member pivotally connected to said thermostat andlnormally engaging said stationary arm, spring means for normally holding'said movable member in engagement with said stationary arm, .a

arrangedibetw'een said lUU l l o l l o Cil guide plate arranged uponisaid stationary arm for guiding the path of movement of said movable member, means arranged in the path of said movable member for forcing the forward-:end thereof upwardly against tension of said spring means yand into cngagement with said movable a-'rm for sepa'- ratigs'a-id contacts. l

'19.. A regulatorfcomprising a stationary arm, a. movable arm, contacts arranged upon said a'rms,'a thermostat, a` member pivotally connected to said therinostat,'means for adj'- justing the posit-ion'of member torvar'ds or away from said thermostat, Vsprillg means for norma-llyfholding said-member in engagement' with olof said' arms,- andl means arranged -in the path of movement' of said'V movable member fo'rforcingthe forward end thereof -againsttension of said spring and into en'g's'ige'mentwith theother larm :for separati'ngsaid'contacts.

13. A regulator comprising a 'stationary arm, a movable arm, contacts-arranged upon' said arms, 'a thermostat, a. member carriedby said thermostat' and slidably arranged upon one of said arms', Va roller arranged in the pathotmovcment of said movable member and being a'da'pt'e'dto force said movable member into Aeng2a-"genie'nt vlwith the 4'other of said arms or separating llsaid contacts.

14. A regulator comprising 'a "stationary arm, l'a movable arm,eontaetsarranged upon said arms, a thermostat, a m'inbrad'aptd to be moved by sa'id thermostat, and a roller Iarranged in thepath o'f said -movable member forv forcing the same into engagement with one of said'arms for -disen'gaging said contact-s.

15. A regulator comprising 'a stationary arm,a. movable arm, contacts arranged upon said arms, a. thermostat, a member adapted to be moved by said thermostat, a roller arranged in the .path of said movable member for forcing Athe same into engagement with one. of said arms for discngaging said contacts. and spring means for forcing said movable member out of engagement with the arm after said movable 'member 'has disengaged said roller on return movement for engaging said contacts.

1G. A regulator comprising a stationary arm, a movable arm, contacts arranged on said arms, a thermostat, a member adapted to be moved by said thermostat, means arranged in the -path of movementpof said movable member, adjustable means carried by one of said arms and being adapted to be engaged by'said movable member when the same engages the means arranged in the p'ath thereof for separating said arms and' diseng'aging said contacts.

17. A regulator comprising a stationary arm', a movable arm, a'slidable member, means for automatically sliding said member, spring lmeans for normally holdin'g'said slidable` member' in engagement with vone-'of said arms, a.v roller arranged inthe path of movement 'of saidfslidable mmber, a depending member carrie'd by one of said arms and' being -ada'pte'd' to be engaged by saidsli'dafble member Ay'vlreifi 'the' samefeng'ages said roller 'for separating fsid ar'ms and disengaging said' contaets.-1 i

18. -A reg'ulfatfor comprising a frafme, a'stational-y arm arrangedfon? said .frame-,fanoehe ar'm Vpiv'fo'tfrll'yfcori-ifiected 'te said frame, a thermostat arranged in said frame,- al mem ber sl-i'dably Amounted 'upon said" stationary arm and adapted? to V'be moved' by 'sa-idf thefrmosta't, contacts'arrangediupon said arm's'- o and adlaptedto normallyengageeach athen-1 '19.'A-- regulator'fcomprisi'ng -a frame, a-

frame, Ia thermostat arranged ifn said frame,-

a member slidably mounted upon said -stationary- 'arm fa'nd adapted to' be moved Av'bysaid thermosta/Qcontacts arranged xupon said arms andadapted tojnorm'ally engage each other, -ni'ean's a'rrangedlon sardi stationary arm and in the i path o'f said 1 sli'dable {mem/- ber for forcing the same upwardly andsinto engage-ment with said-pivotally mounted arms .-for disengaging said -contacts, and spring means engaigin'g'sai'd 'slidablemember for moving tliefs'ame out of engagement with saidlpivotally mouhted'arm aft-er said slidable .member 'has jdisenga'ge'd said means arranged inthe path thereof 4for permitting said eontacts'to-engage. l

20. A regulator comprising a yframe, a stationary arm arranged on said frame and extending therefrom, v'another arm pivota'lly connected to'said stationary 4varm Vand arranged thereabove, a thermostat, a'member arranged upon said stationary arm and being pivotally e'onneetedto `said thermostat so as to be slidfupon said -arm upon movement otsa'id thermostat, means arranged in the path of movement of said slida-ble member for forcing the `forward' end thereof upwardlyl andfinto engagement with said pivotally mounted varm for -disengagin'g said contacts upon forward -movement 'of said slidable member, and :spring means arranged for normally: holdin'glsaid .slid'able member into engagement -With-said stationary member and for returning-said stationaryfmember out of engagement With'said'pivotally mounted armafter said vstationary member has beenfclisengaged romllsaid'means arranged in the path thereof.

In testimony 4\vliereof-,1 signature.

RAY MILLER PETERSIME,

have affixed my 

